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The retrial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, over the murder of London student Mereditch Kercher has opened in Italy. The 21-year-old was found dead in her flat in Perguia in 2007. Knox and Sollecito were found guilty and jailed two years later - but freed on appeal in 2011.

NBC's Keith Miller is at the trial in Florence and sent this report from the first day in court.

However, a family statement released yesterday said: "It took us as a family nearly five years to even begin to feel ready to lay Mez to rest and it is still extremely painful now.

"However, she now has a place near to us that we and her friends can visit to take flowers and spend time…her grave is now her safe place to sleep in peace and be with us and we hope that is respected by all."